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Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act, 1973 (Act No. 78 of 1973)

Chapter II : Control in respect of mines and works, and determination of risk

11. Cancellation of control

 

(1) If the Minister is satisfied after consultation with the Chief Inspector as contemplated in the Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996—
(a) that operations at a controlled mine or a controlled works have ceased; or
(b) that persons employed at a controlled mine or a controlled works no longer perform any risk work thereat; or
(c) that the number of persons who perform risk work at a controlled mine or a controlled works has decreased to less than thirty,

he may, subject to the provisions of section 17 (2), by notice in the Gazette declare that the mine or works in question shall cease to be a controlled mine or a controlled works as from a date to be specified in the notice, not being a date earlier than thirty days after the day on which the notice appears in the Gazette.

 

(2) The provisions of section 10 (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis with reference to a notice under subsection (1) of this section.